Vous Et Nous, by BRIGITTE FONTAINE ARESKI BELKACEM

Vous Et Nous

by BRIGITTE FONTAINE ARESKI BELKACEM

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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
• 180g Black vinyl
• Hotfoil printed Gatefold
• MP3 Download Card
• Limited Edition of 1998

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	1.	Vous Et Nous 01:59
	2.	Patriarcat 06:46
	3.	Mon Enfance 01:41
	4.	Vent D'Automne 01:45
	5.	Le Serveur Du Dôme 00:49
	6.	Je Suis Venu Te Voir 03:09
	7.	Rien Que Changer 01:19
	8.	Le Ciel Est Doux 01:45
	9.	Les Épis 02:04
	10.	Le Repas Des Dromadaires 03:07
	11.	Vous Et Nous 02:25
	12.	L'Amour Parfait 02:45
	13.	Un Soleil 02:35
	14.	Dans Ma Rue 04:36
	15.	L'Orage Est Fini 01:40
	16.	Gamme 00:11
	17.	Le Brin D'Herbe 01:10
	18.	La Harpe Jaune 02:50
	19.	Je T'Aimerai 03:11
	20.	Diabolo 02:18
	21.	Cher 02:26
	22.	Ce N'Est Pas Un Ennemi 02:14
	23.	Encaustique 00:55
	24.	Petit Sapin 02:19
	25.	Mon Lit 01:02
	26.	Je T'Aimerai 02:52
	27.	La Déchirure 01:29
	28.	Le Petit Cheval Bleu 00:34
	29.	Personne 01:58
	30.	Les Roses Sont Farouches 01:25
	31.	Le Bouc 02:10
	32.	Dessin 00:39
	33.	Les Muzdus 03:01

about

Art is a matter of different phases and influence. The artists' core reaches out like heat waves. And very rarely do these artists' core merge like Brigitte Fontaine and Arseki Belkacem have. Their Saravah Era lasted ten years (1969 to 1979), ten years of "folle sagesse" (crazy wisdom), above all genres and song limitation.
« Le plaisir secret que donne une chanson, dessin à la craie sur le mur de tes sons » (the personal delight within song, a chalk drawing on your wall of sounds) whispers Areski, right after Brigitte's voice on the penultimate song of the double album "Vous et nous". Released in 1977, this free flowing record contains 33 songs, it's their 6th album after « Comme à la radio », « Brigitte 4 », « Je ne connais pas cet homme », « L'incendie » and « Le bonheur », and it continues to spread the wide and generous spectrum of the couple fully blossoming talent. Electronic experiments, North African trance, refined acoustics and medieval drones gracefully blend with the acid and candid tongues of the singers, surprising us each step along the way. The making of this record was also full of twists and turns. It started out as a solo effort by Areski at Jean-Pierre Chambard's studio. Little by little, as Areski was filling tapes with poems and improvised skits, Brigitte would sneak into the studio at nightfall, adding her voice here and there, her whispers then became screams, giving fuel to the fire in a total blaze, a surreal blaze. The solitary work ("je") thrived to become us ("nous") and you ("vous") …
- Benjamin Barouh, june 2018 -

credits

released October 19, 2018

originally released in 1977
under license from Saravah Editions

Sound : Jean-Pierre Chambard
Mini moog : Jean-Philippe Rykiel
Accordion : Julie Dassin
Percussion : Areski - Rickie and Julie Dassin on “Je suis venu te voir” and “Rien que changer”
Gumbri and bendir : Akka on “Le ciel est doux” and “Dans ma rue”
Guitars and percussion : Areski Belkacem
Vocals : Brigitte Fontaine
Guitars and banjo : Claude Pavi on “Cher”, “Les Muzdus”, “L’amour parfait”, “Ce n’est pas un ennemi”, “Patriarcat” and “Le bouc”
Orchestration : Antoine Duhamel (Studio Davout) on “Vous et nous” and “Je t’aimerai”
Cutting : Simon Davey - The Exchange Vinyl
Artwork : Damien Tran
Kythibong - 2018